Which is cheaper, Alghero or Palermo?

Palermo is cheaper: about $2,300 per month versus $2,300 for one person.

Is Alghero or Palermo safer?

Alghero scores higher on safety (81 vs 81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Alghero or Palermo?

Alghero: a measured median of 37.7 Mbps versus 37.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Alghero vs Palermo

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Alghero edges it, 71 to 69, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Alghero is stronger on nothing outright; Palermo on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Alghero

out of 100

Catalan-speaking walled town on Sardinia's Coral Riviera

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Palermo

out of 100

Sicilian capital with a raw, rich street life

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Cost of living	28	28
Safety	81	81
Healthcare	86	86
Internet	69 ✓	69
Visa ease	81	81
Getting there & around	56	61 ✓
Climate	67 ✓	58
Air quality	88 ✓	82
Quality of life	80	80

Cost

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,300	$2,300
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Homicides per 100k	0.57	0.57
Political stability (0–100)	73.6	73.6
UHC service coverage (0–100)	82	82
Life expectancy	82.2 yrs	82.2 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Download	37.7 Mbps ✓	37.1 Mbps
Upload	13.5 Mbps	13.5 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Nomad visa	Digital nomad and remote worker visa	Digital nomad and remote worker visa
Minimum income for the visa	$2,385/mo	$2,385/mo
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	unlimited	unlimited
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Non-stop airport destinations	37	105 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4 ✓	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Alghero	Palermo
Comfortable months per year	8 ✓	7
Annual mean PM2.5	10.3 µg/m³ ✓	13.2 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Alghero or Palermo?: Palermo is cheaper: about $2,300 per month versus $2,300 for one person.
Is Alghero or Palermo safer?: Alghero scores higher on safety (81 vs 81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Alghero or Palermo?: Alghero: a measured median of 37.7 Mbps versus 37.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.